Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Takapuna Library advise October Events, including Michael Palin on 31st October

Please note that the first two listed
events are held at Takapuna Library, but the other events are at different
sites

Scholastic NZ and Takapuna Library invite you to the
launch of Great Galloping Galoot.
Meet the author and hear the story read aloud. Copies of the book will be
available for sale. Refreshments provided. Children welcome.
Please RSVP to Belynda Smyth via email,
or phone 09 486-8464.

Join Michael as he converses with Finlay Macdonald
about his latest travel adventures.

Wednesday 31 October 2012 7.30pm

At The Spencer on Byron Hotel, 9-17 Byron Avenue,
Takapuna, North Shore

$20 per ticket

Michael Palin will be talking about his adventures in
Brazil - now a major new book and BBC TV series - and his recent novel The Truth.

Michael will happily sign copies of books at the end of the session.

This event is proudly brought to you by Hachette New Zealand and the North
Shore Libraries Foundation, and supported by Whitcoulls.

Tickets to this event are $20, and are available at Eventfinda. Funds raised by this event go towards North Shore
Libraries' special projects.

You may also be interested in these book related events
which have a connection with Takapuna Library, but which Frank Sargeson House Open day

Sunday
7 October, 2-4 pm

At
14a Esmonde Road, Takapuna (parking in Eldon
Street)

This
restored historic home is the country’s oldest literary museum, where Sargeson
lived and wrote from the 1940’s until his death in 1982. It is open to
the public by the Sargeson Trust as part of the Auckland Heritage
Festival. Hear writer Graeme Lay talk about what it was like to have
Frank look over your words.

Paper Plus Takapuna,
Sir Peter Blake Trust and Envision NZ and are proud to present an evening with
Captain Charles Moore – a leading researcher and scientist who discovered the
“Great Pacific Garbage Patch” – an endless floating waste of plastic trash that
has drawn world-wide attention. He founded the Algalita Marine Research
Foundation in America and is on a speaking tour around the world drawing
attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas. He
will give a presentation on his latest expedition and book, Plastic Ocean:
How a Sea Captain’s Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save
theOceans.